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        • What is the Best Type of Doctor for Low Back Pain?
        • Is a Waterbed Good For Your Back?
        • Can Low Back Pain Cause Bowel Problems?
        • Ways to Relieve Back Pain When Sleeping
        • Why Do I Have Low Back Pain With Coughing or Sneezing?
        • What Causes Low Back Pain or Leg Pain With Bowel Movement?
        • What Causes Low Back Pain When Sitting Versus Standing?
        • Can Epidural Shot Cause Low Back Pain?
      • Neck Pain >
        • Can Exercise Help Neck Pain?
        • Can Stretching Help Neck Pain?
        • What is a Good Pillow For My Neck Pain?
        • Can Neck Pain Cause My Arm to Go Numb?
        • Tips to Relieve Neck Pain at Home
        • Is it Better to Sleep on Your Back or Side With Neck Pain?
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        • Does a Disc Herniation Heal On its Own?
        • Can a Disc Bulge Cause Leg Pain?
        • Can Heavy Lifting Cause a Disc Bulge?
        • What Is a Slipped Disc?
        • What Is the Difference Between a Disc Bulge and a Disc Herniation?
        • When Is Back Surgery Necessary For a Disc Herniation?
        • How Can You Tell if Back Pain is From a Disc Herniation?
        • Can Being Overweight Cause a Disc Herniation?
        • What Exercises Help a Disc Herniation?
        • Can Using a Whirlpool Help a Disc Bulge?
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        • Can Sciatica Cause Leg Weakness?
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        • Will Epidural Steroids Work For Sciatica?
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        • Can Sciatica Be Caused By Sitting Too Much
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        • What Are Symptoms of a Pinched Nerve?
        • What is a Pinched Nerve?
        • What Doctor to See For a Pinched Nerve?
        • Can a Chiropractor Help a Pinched Nerve?
        • How Can a Pinched Nerve in the Neck Affect the Hands?
        • Do You Put Ice or Heat on a Pinched Nerve?
        • Can Stretching Help a Pinched Nerve?
        • How Long Can You Have a Pinched Nerve?
        • Will an X-Ray Show a Pinched Nerve?
        • How To Treat a Pinched Nerve
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        • How NSAIDS Affect Joint Pain
        • How Diet and Nutrition Affect Joint Pain
        • Home Therapy for Joint Pain
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        • How Chiropractic Helps Relieve Joint Pain
        • Common Causes of Joint Pain
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        • What is the Best Treatment For Carpal Tunnel?
        • What are the Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel ?
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        • What is Scoliosis?
        • The Bracing System for Scoliosis Recommended by Dr. Shook
        • Therapy for Scoliosis
        • Can a Sports Injury Cause Scoliosis?
        • Can Pregnancy Cause Scoliosis?
        • How to Check for Scoliosis
        • How to Treat Scoliosis
        • What are the Complications of Scoliosis?
        • How can a Chiropractor Help Scoliosis?+
        • How Does a Person Get Scoliosis?
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        • How Chiropractic Relieves Headaches
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        • What Causes Headaches When You Stand Up?
        • What is the Difference Between Migraine and Sinus Headaches?
        • Home Remedies For Headaches
        • Can Headaches Be Related to My Diet?
      • Arthritis >
        • Common Cause of Arthritis
        • How NSAIDS Affect Arthritis
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      • At What Speed Does a Whiplash Injury Occur?
      • How Chiroprctic Can Help Bicycle Injuries
      • How Long Does it Take Whiplash to Heal?
      • Treating Whiplash
      • How Many Treatments For Whiplash?
      • Tips to Relieve a Whiplash Injury at Home
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      • Interferential Current
      • Intersegmental Traction
      • Spinal Decompression
      • Super Pulsed Laser Therapy
      • Infrared
      • ATM 2
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      • How soon can I be seen?
      • How long is the first visit?
      • What happens on the first visit?
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      • Auto Injury Therapy Payment
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      • Should I Take Anti-Inflammatory Over the Counter Medications?
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Why do I have headaches and neck pain after a car wreck, or "whiplash Injury?"

Motor vehicle collisions (MVC) have been research for years, and the mechanisms causing damage to the tissues of the spine are well understood.  Many people can suffer with chronic pain for a lifetime after a whiplash injury, but why is that?  Patients routinely tell me that "my x-rays and MRI are negative but I still hurt."  Well, there is a reason for persistent pain after a MVC, and it is the spinal ligaments.  During a whiplash injury the most commonly injured tissues are the facet joint ligaments and spinal discs.  When damaged ligaments of the spine are permanently changed, and in many cases torn which causes them to lengthen, resulting in ligament laxity and joint looseness.  Joint looseness is considered a very big problem when it is excessive.  If your vertebrae slide or bend when you move your neck more than they are supposed to, then you have a significant problem that is some cases has to be stabilized through surgical fusion.  I know that sounds extreme, but in the spine you can't reattach ligaments and stabilize the spine, the anatomy just will not allow it, so you end up with one option... fusion surgery.  

If you are in a car wreck, there are a few things that you need to have done:
  1. Get your spinal ligaments checked through a stress x-ray study.  (You have to stress the ligaments to see if they are torn, this is about the only way unless you have access to an upright MRI.
  2. Measurement  of spinal stability with CRMA is a must.  You can learn more on my website here, We are one of the only clinics in Western North Carolina using research based and validated software to check for spinal instabilities after MVCs.  Not even the hospitals in my area do this analysis, and it is straight from spinal biomechanics research and used in the AMA Guidelines to Impairment 5th and 6th editions.  If you haven;t had this done, it is a huge hole in your work-up because spinal ligament tears are the most common injury.
  3. If you are having radiating pain into the arms or neck pain that is getting worse you may need to have electrodiagnostic studies (EMG.NCV) and/or an MRI.

Whatever you do, make sure that your condition is not minimized by ER or you primary care physicians.  These doctors are not spinal injury specialists, just as I am not an ER physician.  Get your spinal ligaments checked if you are in a car wreck.  If you have questions and are looking for a provider to help you, let me know, I may be able to help you find someone.
Dr. Shook is a spinal ligament injury specialist practicing in Hickory, NC.  His office is Hickory Spine, and he can be reached at (828) 324-0800.
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